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SONGS - FOURTH GRADE

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SONGS

For teaching English

Compiled by

Deborah Morse

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The More We Get Together

55. My Mother and Your Mother

2. Five Little Monkeys

56. John Brown’s Baby

3. Oh I had a Rooster

57. Little Cabin the Woods

4. Grandpa’s Farm

58. Little Rabbit Froo Froo

5. The Ants Go Marching

59. Mules

6. This Old Man

60. Put Your Finger in the Air

7. Daddy’s Taking us to the Zoo

61. I’ve Been Working on the

8. And the Green Grass Grew

Railroad

9. I know an Old Lady

62. If I Had a Hammer

10. Boa Constrictor

63. My Mother Gave Me

11. My Hat

a Nickel

12. Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes

64. Three Jolly Fishermen

13. Ball in the Jack

65. The Keeper

14. Hokey Pokey

66. Three Little Piggies

15. The Babysitter Song

67. Oh You Can’t Get

16. Yellow Submarine

to Heaven

17. Lion Hunt

68. Sing a Long Song

18. Down by the Bay

69. Who Built the Ark?

19. Beans in Your Ears

70. Rise and Shine

20. Brush your Teeth

71. Let There Be Peace

21. Five Little Ducks

72. Drunken Sailor

22. Itsy Bitsy Spider

73. I’ve Got Sixpence

23. Little White Duck

74. With a Little Help

24. On Top of Spaghetti

From My Friends

25. He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands75. I am a Fine Musician

26. I am a Pizza

76. Go Down Moses

27. Sandwiches

77. Oats Peas Beans and

28. The Cat Came Back

Barley Grow

29. A Vat of Chocolate

78. Oh Where Oh Where Has

30. When I First Came to This Land

My Little Dog Gone?

31. Open Shut Them

79. How Much is that Doggie

32. Oh How Lovely is the Evening

In the Window

33. Down by the Station

80. Home on the Range

34. Row Your Boat

81. Apple Pickers’ Song

35. Make New Friends

82. Imagine

36. Hey Ho Nobody Home

83. MTA

37. One Bottle of Pop

84. Sloop John B.

38. This Little Light of Mine

85. Banana Name Song

39. What a Wonderful World

86. Jet Plane

40. One Finger One Thumb

87. Here’s to Cheshire

41. Jump Jim Joe

88. Chester

42. She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain89. One Meatball

43. Oh Susannah

90. A Sailor Went to Sea

44. Puff the Magic Dragon

91. My Grandfather’s Clock

45. Dance With Me

92. I L-O-V-E Love You

46. The Spelling Song

93. The Teddy Bears’ Picnic

47. Chicken Fricassee

94. Rubber Blubber Whale

48. Sh! Sh! Baby’s Sleeping

95. 500 Miles

49. Who Stole the Cookie?

96. Oh Chanukah

50. Teddy Bear

97. My Dreidle

51. Easy Solution

98. Frogs in the Bed

52. On the Rocks

99. Oh Once There was A Wicked Man

53. Way Up in the Sky

100. Do your Ears Hang Low?.

54. The Days of the Week

101. Take me Out to the Ball game

Songs From Candy Can Do It

1. Old MacDonald

2. The Wheels on the Bus

3. If You’re Happy and you Know It

4. The Circus is Coming to Town

5. Bingo

6. Win or Lose

7. There’s a Hole in the Bucket

8. The Fireman

9. These Bones

1. THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER

The more we get together

Together, together

The more we get together

The happier we’ll be

For your friends are my friends

And my friends are your friends

The more we get together the happier we’ll be

Variations:

· The more we sing together etc.

· There’s name and name etc.

2. FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS

There were 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell down and bumped his head

His mother called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

· There were 4.....

3. OH I HAD A ROOSTER

Oh I had a rooster and the rooster pleased me.

I fed my rooster ‘neath the greenwood tree

And my old rooster went:

Cock a doodle doo, dee doodle, dee doodle, dee doodle dee do.

(other animals and sounds)

4. GRANDPA’S FARM

CHORUS:

1,2,3 oh....

We’re on our way (2x)

On our way to grandpa’s farm

We’re on our way (2x)

On our way to grandpa’s farm

Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a big brown cow (2x)

The cow, she makes a sounds like this...moooo (2x)

Chorus

· little red hen

· a little white sheep

· big black dog

· big brown horse

5. THE ANTS GO MARCHING

The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah! (2x)

The ants go marching one by one, the little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain, Boom, Boom, Boom!

· 2 - tie his shoe

· 3 - climb a tree

· 4 - shut the door

· 5 - touch a hive

· 6 - pick up sticks

· 7 - look up to heaven

· 8 - close the gate

· 9 - step out of line

· 10 - and they all start again

6. THIS OLD MAN

This old man, he played one,

He played knick knack on my thumb,

With a knick knack paddywhack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

· 2 - on my shoe

· 3 - on my tree

· 4 - on my door

· 5 - on my hive

· 6 - on my sticks

· 7 - up in heaven

· 8 - on my gate

· 9 - on my line

· 10 - once again

7. Daddy’s Taking Us to the Zoo

Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow

Zoo tomorrow (2x)

Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow

We can stay all day.

CHORUS:

Because we’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo,

How about you, you, you?

You can come too, too, too,

We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo,

We’re going to the zoo, zoo. zoo,

How about you, you, you?

You can come too, too, too,

We’re going to the zoo.

Look at all the lions eating up Uri

Eating up Uri (2x)

Look at all the lions eating up Uri

We could stay all day.

· See the elephant with his long trunk swaying

· Seals in the pool all honk honk honking

8. And The Green Grass Grew

There was a hole

The cutest little hole

The sweetest little hole

That you ever did see.

Hole in the ground and the green grass grew all around, all around.

And the green grass grew all around.

Now in that hole,

There was a little tree,

The cutest little tree,

That you ever did see,

Tree in a hole and a hole in the ground and,

The green grass grew all around all around

And the green grass grew all around.

· On that tree- a pretty little limb

· On that limb - a leaf - a nest- a bird- a flea - a dinosaur!

9. I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a fly

I don’t know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don’t know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she’ll die.

· bird - how absurd

· cat - imagine that

· dog - what a hog

· goat - she opened her throat

· cow - I don’t know how

· horse - she died of course.

10. Boa Constrictor

I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor

A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor

I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor,

And I don’t like it one bit!

Oh no - he ate my toe

Oh gee - he’s at my knee

Oh fie - he’s licking my thigh

Oh fiddle - he’s at my middle

Oh heck - he ate my neck

Oh dread - dnkejroy89g0....

11. My Hat

My hat it has three corners

Three corners has my hat

And had it not 3 corners

It would not be my hat!

12. Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes (2x)

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

13. Ball in the Jack

Oh, first you put your two knees, close up tight

And you swing them to the left

And you swing them to the right,

You walk around the room kind of nice and light,

And you twist around and twist around with all your might.

Spread your loving arms out way in space,

And you do the eagle rock with style and grace.

You put your left foot in and bring it back,

That’s what we call ball in the jack.

14. Hokey Pokey

You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out,

You put your right foot in and you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself about,

That’s what it’s all about....HEY!

(left foot, arms, head, whole self)

15. The Baby-sitter Song

If it’s fun for you then it’s fun for me,

If it’s good enough for you then it’s good enough for me.

I want to go out with the whole family

And I don’t want to stay home alone!

CHORUS:

I don’t want to stay with a baby-sitter(3x)

No! I don’t want to stay home alone

I want to go out, I want to have fun,

I want to go out with everyone,

And I won’t come home until the whole night is done

And I don’t want to stay home alone

I don’t know where you’re going but it must be great

Or you wouldn’t be worried when you think you’re late

I just can’t wait till I get grown

And I won’t have to stay home alone

16. We All Live in a Yellow Submarine

In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed the sea

And he told us of his life in the land of submarines

So we sailed up to the sun ‘til we found the sea of green

And we lived beneath the waves in our yellow submarine.

And our friends are all on board, many more of them live next door,

And the band begins to play (make band noises together)

As we live the life of ease, everyone of us has all we need,

Sky of blue and sea of green, in our yellow submarine,

CHORUS:

We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine (2x)

17. GOING ON A LION HUNT

CHORUS:Going on a lion hunt

But I’m not afraid

And when I see a lion

I’ll catch (or shoot) it

Stop! I see a wheat field

I can’t go over it; I can’t go under it;

I can’t go around it; I will have to go through it

rub hands and say shh...

· puddle - stamp feet and say splosh

· river - swim and say swish

· mosquitoes - slap arms and say ouch

· cave - It’s dark...I feel something hairy...I feel sharp teeth...Aahh!! It’s a lion!

(do everything in backwards order)

I saw a lion, but I didn’t catch (shoot) it!

18. DOWN BY THE BAY

Down by the bay where the watermelons grow

Back to my home I dare not go

For if I do my mother will say

Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose? Down by the bay.

· Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail?

· Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie?

· Did you ever see a bear combing his hair?

· Did you ever see llamas wearing their pajamas?

· Did you ever have a time when you couldn’t make a rhyme?

· This doggone song’s gone on too long

19. BEANS IN MY EARS

My Mommy said not to put beans in my ears

Beans in my ears(2x)

My Mommy said not to put beans in my ears

Beans in my ears!

· Now why would I want to put beans in my ears?....

· You can’t hear your teacher with beans in your ears....

· Oh, hey it’s fun to have beans in your ears...

· Hey Charlie, let’s go and put beans in our ears

· WHAT’S THAT YOU SAY (child’s name) let’s put beans in our ears...

· YOU’LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP I’VE GOT BEANS IN MY EARS

· Hey, Mommy, I’ve gone and put beans in my ears...

· That’s nice, son, just don’t put those beans in your ears....

· I think that all grownups have beans in their ears....

20. BRUSH YOUR TEETH

When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to one

And you want to have a little fun

You brush your teeth (brushing sounds) 2x

· 2 - and you want to find, something to do...

· 3 - and your mind starts humming twiddle dee dee

· 4 - and you think you hear a knock on the door

· 5 - and those birds just start to come alive

21. FIVE LITTLE DUCKS

Five little ducks went out one day

Over the hills and far away

Mother duck said, “Quack, quack quack”

But only four little ducks came back.

One - none of the 5 little ducks came back

Sad mother duck went out one day....

And all of the five little ducks came back.

22. THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout

Down came the rain and washed the spider out

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain

And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again

23. THE LITTLE WHITE DUCK

There’s a little white duck sitting in the water

A little white duck doing what he oughter

He took a bite of a lily pad

Flapped his wings and he said, “I’m glad

I’m a little white duck sitting in the water

Quack! Quack! Quack!”

Little green frog - swimming in the water

He jumped right off of the lily pad

That the little duck bit and he said, I’m glad....glug, glug, glug

Little black bug, floating on the water...

He tickled the frog on the lily pad

That the little duck bit and he said, “I’m glad...Buzz ,buzz, buzz

A little red snake, playing in the water

He frightened the duck and the frog so bad

He ate the bug and he said, “I’m glad...Hiss, hiss, hiss

There’s nobody left sitting in the water

There’s nothing left but the lily pad

The duck and the frog ran away - I’ sad

“Cause there’s nobody left sitting....boo, hoo, hoo

24. ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI

On top of spaghetti, with an order of peas

I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table and on to the floor

And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door

It rolled in the garden and under a bush

And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty as tasty could be

And early next summer it grew to a tree.

The tree was all covered with beautiful moss

It grew great big meatballs and tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti with an order of peas

Hold on to your meatball and don't ever sneeze.

25. HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

He’s got the whole world in his hands (4x)

· He’s got my brothers and my sister I his hands

· He’s got the sun and the rain in his hands

· He’s got the rivers and the mountains in his hands

· He’s got everybody here..etc.

26. I AM A PIZZA

I am a pizza....(2x)

With extra cheese....(2x)

Round tomatoes....(2x)

Saucy squeeze....(2x)

Onions and mushrooms....(2x)

Oregano....(2x)

I am a pizza, ready to go!

I am a pizza...(2x)

Ordered by phone...(2x)

Please take me...(2x)

Take me home...(2x)

I am a pizza...(2x)

Peppers on top...(2x)

Out of the oven, into the box

I am a pizza...(2x)

Into the car...(2x)

Upside down...(2x)

And driving far...(2x)

I was a pizza...(2x)

I was the best...(2x)

I was a pizza, now I’m a mess.

27. SANDWICHES

CHORUS:

Sandwiches are beautiful

Sandwiches are fine

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time

I eat them for my supper

And I eat them for my lunch

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I’d eat them all at once

I’m a roaming and a rambling and a wandering all along

And If you care to listen I will sing a happy song

I will not ask a favor and I will not ask a fee

But if you have a sandwich won’t you give a bite to me?

Once I went to England, I visited the Queen

I swear she was the grandest lady that I’ve ever seen

I told her she was beautiful and she could not ask for more

She handed me a sandwich and she threw me out the door

A sandwich maybe egg or cheese or even peanut butter

But they all taste so good to me it doesn’t really matter

Jam or meat or cucumber, any kind will do

I like sandwiches, how about you?

28. THE CAT CAME BACK

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own

He had a yellow cat which wouldn’t leave his home

He tried and he tried to give the cat away

He gave it to a man going very far away

CHORUS:

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, it just couldn’t stay away

The man around the corner swore he’d kill the cat on sight

He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite

He waited and he waited for the cat to come around

97 pieces of the man is all they found

He gave it to a fisherman with a dollar note

Told him for to take it up the river in a boat

They tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a pound

But they had to drag the river for the fisherman was drowned.

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon

He told him to take it to the man in the moon

The balloon came down about 90 miles away

And where he is now I dare not say

He gave it to a man goin’ way out west

Told him to take it to the one he loved the best

First the train hit the curve, then it hopped the rail

Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale

29. A VAT OF CHOCOLATE

I fell into a vat a chocolate(3x)

Lah dee doo da lah dee doo dah day

What did you do when you fell into the chocolate(3x)


I yelled fire when I fell into the chocolate(3x)


Why did you yell fire when you fell into the chocolate? (3x)


I yelled fire when I fell into the chocolate (2x)

I yelled fire because nobody would save me if I yelled CHOCOLATE!


30. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND

When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man

So I got myself a shack and I did what I could

And I called my shack: break my back

But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could

· cow - no milk now

· horse - dead of course

· dog - what a hog

· wife - joy of my life

· child - free and wild

31. OPEN SHUT THEM

Open shut them, open shut them

Give a little clap!

Open, shut them, open shut them

Put them in your lap

Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them

Up until your chin!

Put them near your little mouth

BUT DO NOT PUT THEM IN!

ROUNDS - 32- 38

32. Oh How Lovely is the Evening

Oh how lovely is the evening, is the evening

When the bells are sweetly singing, sweetly singing

Ding dong, ding, dong

33. Down by the Station

Down by the station, early in the morning

See the little puffabellies, lined up in a row

See the engine driver pull the little lever

Puff! Puff! Toot! Toot! Off we go!

34. Row Row Row your Boat

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

35. Make New Friends

Make new friends but keep the old

One is silver and the other gold

36. Hey ho, Nobody Home!

Hey ho, nobody home,

Meat and drink and money have I none

Still I will be merry

37. One Bottle of Pop

One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop,

five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop, seven bottles of bottles of pop

Don’t throw your trash in my back yard, my back yard, my back yard

Don’t throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard’s full

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar

Fish and chips and vinegar, pepper, pepper, pepper, pot.

38. THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine (3)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Every time I ........I’m going to let it shine

39. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Don’t know much about history

Don’t know much biology

Don’t know much about science books

Don’t know much about the French I took

But I do know that I love you

And I know that if you love me too

What a wonderful world this would be.

Don’t know much about geography

Don’t know much trigonometry

Don’t know much about algebra

Don’t know what a slide rule is for

Abut I do know one and one is two

And if I could just be with you

What a wonderful world this would be

BRIDGE:

Now I don’t claim to be an A student

But I’m trying to be

For maybe by being and A student baby

I could win your love for me

40. ONE FINGER ONE THUMB

One finger one thumb, move over (3x)

And we’ll all be happy and play

· One finger one thumb, one arm one leg, move over (3x)

· One finger one thumb, one arm one leg, one shake of the head (3x)

41. JUMP JIM JOE

Jump! Jump! Jump Jim Joe

Shake a hand and nod a head and tap your toe

Round and round and round we go

And you find another partner and you jump Jim Joe

42. She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain

She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes (toot, toot)

(2x)

She’ll be comin’ round the mountain (2x)

She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes (toot, toot)

She’ll be drivin’ six white horses....(whoa back)

Oh we’ll all go out to meet her (hi babe!)

Oh we’ll all eat chicken and dumplings (yum, yum)

Oh we’ll kill the old red rooster (chop, chop)

Oh we’ll all wear red pajamas (scratch, scratch)

Oh we’ll have to sleep with grandma (snore, snore)

43. Oh Susanna

I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee

I’m going to Louisiana, my true love for to see

It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry

The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna don’t you cry

CHORUS:

Oh Susanna, oh don’t you cry for me

For I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee

I had a dream the other night when everything was still

I dreamed I saw Susanna a-coming down the hill

A buckwheat cake was in her mouth a tear was in her eye

Say’s I I’m coming from the South: Susanna, don’t you cry

44. Puff the Magic Dragon

CHORUS:

Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Hanalee

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff

And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff

Together they would travel on a boat with a billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail

Noble king and princes would bow when’ere they came

Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys

Painted wings and giants’ rings make way for other toys

One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain

Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane

Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave

So Puff that mighty dragon sadly sipped into his cave.

45. Dance With Me

Partner won’t you dance with me

Then together we will be

Right foot first, left foot next

Round about and back again

With my foot I tap, tap, tap

With my hands I clap, clap, clap

Right foot first, left foot next

Round about and back again

With your head you nod real quick

With your fingers click, click. click

First your head, then your hand

Round about to beat the band

46. THE SPELLING SONG

If c-o-r-k spells cork

And f-o-r-k spells fork

And s-t-o-r-k plays stork

Does w-o-r-k plays work?

CHORUS:

Words, words, words,, words

How do you say all the words?

Words, words, words, words

Sometimes it sees quite absurd

If c-a-s-h spells cash

And d-a-s-h spells dash

And m -a-s-h spells mash

Does w-a-s-h spell wash?

· blew, flew, new, sew

· root, boot, hoot, foot

· love, dove, shove, move

47.CHICKEN FRICASSEE

Chicken Fricassee

Soup!

Peas and carrots

Mushrooms

48 SH! Sh! baby’s sleeping

I said, Sh! Sh! Baby’s Sleeping! (2x)

What did you say? (2x)

I said, Hush! Hush! Baby’s sleeping (2x)


I said, Please be quiet, Baby’s sleeping (2x)


I said Shut up! Shut up! Baby’s sleeping! (2x)

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Not anymore!

49. who stole the cookie?

Who stole the cookie from the cookie cookie jar?

______stole the cookie from the cookie cookie jar.

Who me?

Yes you!

Couldn’t be!

Then who?

50. teddy bear

Teddy Bear, teddy bear,

Turn around


Touch the ground


Show your shoe


That will do


Go upstairs


Say your prayers


Turn out the light


Say goodnight

51. EASY SOLUTIONS

Gee I’m hungry!

Have a sandwich

Gee I’m angry!

Calm down!

Gee I’m sleepy!

Take a nap!

Gee, it’s chilly in here!

Put on a sweater.

Gee it’s hot in here!

Open a window.

I’ve got the hiccups!

Drink some water.

My nose itches.

Scratch it.

My feet hurt

Sit down for a while

My shoes are too tight

Take them off.

I have a toothache.

Go to the dentist.

I have a headache.

Take some aspirin.

I’m lonely!

Call up a friend.

I’m bored!

Go to a movie.

52. ON the rocks

You never listen tome

What did you say?

You never listen to me.

What?

He never listens to me.

He never talks to me.

He just sits around,

and watches TV.

She never listens to me.

She never talks to me.

She just sits around,

and watches TV.

She never listens to me.

She just sits around.

She never talks to me.



She just sits around

and watches TV.


He never listens to me.

He just sits around.

He never talks to me.




and watches TV.


53. WAY UP IN THE SKY

Way up in the sky, the little birds fly

While down in their nests the little birds rest

With a wing to the left and a wing to the right

The little birds sleep all through the night

SHHHHHHHH..........YOU’LL WAKE THE BIRDIES!!!

The bright sun comes up, the dew falls away,

Good morning! Good morning! The little birds say!

54. THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

There are seven days (3x)

In the week

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Today is Monday, all day Monday

Today is Monday all day long,

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

55. MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER

My mother and your mother

Were hanging out clothes

My mother punched your mother

Right in the nose

What color blood came out?

RED - r-e-d spells red and you are going to be it!

56. JOHN BROWN’S BABY

John Brown’s baby had a cold upon his chest (3x)

So they rubbed it with camphorated oil

57. LITTLE CABIN IN THE WOODS

Little cabin in the woods

Little man by the window stood

Saw a rabbit hopping by

Knocking on his door

Help me! Help me! Help me! he cried

For the hunter’ll shoot me dead

Come little rabbit come inside

Safely to abide

58. Little Rabbit Froo Froo

Little Rabbit Froo Froo, hopping through the forest

Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head

And down came the good fairy

And she said:

Little rabbit Froo Froo, I don’t want to see you


I’ll give you three chances. And if you don’t do what I say, I’ll turn you into a GOOOOON!

But the very next day,




And she said:

Little Rabbit Froo Froo, I don’t want to see you


I gave you three chances, and now you’ve used one. If you don’t stop this, I’ll turn you into a GOOOOON!





And she said:



I gave you three chances, and now you’ve used two. If you don’t stop this, I’ll turn you into a GOOOOON!





And she said:



I gave you three chances, and now you’ve used all three. So now I’m going to turn you into a GOOOOON!

And the moral of the story is:

Hare today, Goon tomorrow

59. MULES

On mules we find two legs behind and two we find before

We stand behind before we find what the two behind be for

When we’re behind the two behind, we find what these be for

So stand before the two behind behind the two before

60. PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR

Put your finger in the air, in the air (2x)

Put your finger in the air, tell me, how’s the air up there

Put your finger in the air, in the air

· On your head - is it green or red?

· On your cheek - leave it for a week

· Nose - Is that where the cold wind blows?

· Chest - give it just a little rest

· Belly - make it shake like apple jelly

61. I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

I’ve been working on the railroad, all the live long day

I’ve been working on the railroad, just to pass the time away

Can’t you hear the whistle blowing, rise up so early in the morn

Can’t you hear the captain shouting, Dinah blow your horn

Dinah won’t you blow (3x) your horn (repeat)

Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah

Someone’s in the kitchen I know

Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah

Strumming on the old banjo and singing

Fee fie fiddle-y-i-o

Fee fie fiddle-y-i-o-o-o-o-o-o

Fee fie fiddle-y-i-o

Strumming on the old banjo

62. IF I HAD A HAMMER

If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning

I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land

I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning

I’d hammer out the love between my brothers and my sisters

All over this land

· bell - ring

· song - sing

Well I have a hammer and I have a bell

And I have a song to sing all over this land

It’s the hammer of justice, it’s the bell of freedom

It’s the song about the love between my brothers and my sisters

All over this land

63. MY MOTHER GAVE ME A NICKEL

My mother gave me a nickel to buy a pickle

I didn’t buy a pickle, I bought some chewing gum

Chew, chew, chew, chew, chew, chewing gum

I bought some chewing gum

I didn’t buy a pickle, I bought some chewing gum

· dime - lime

· quarter - water

· dollar - collar

64. THREE JOLLY FISHERMEN

There Were 3 jolly fishermen (2x)

Fisher fisher - men men men (2x)

There Were 3 jolly fishermen

They rowed their boat to Amster - shhh (2x)

Amster Amster - shhh shhh shhh(2x)

They rowed their boat to Amster shhh

· You mustn’t say that naughty word

· I’m going to say it anyway

· They rowed their boat to Amsterdam

65. THE KEEPER

The keeper he did a hunting go

And in the woods he caught a doe

She looked so sad that he had to let her go

Among the leaves so green - o

CHORUS

Jackie Boy? - Master - Sing ye well? - Very well

Hey down - ho down - derry, derry down


To my hey, down, down - to my ho, down, down

Hey down - ho down - derry, derry down


The first doe she did cross the plain

The keeper fetched her back again

Where she is now she may remain. Among....

The second doe she did cross the brook

The keeper fetched her back with his crook

Where she is now you may go and look...

66. THREE LITTLE PIGGIES

There once was a sow who had three little piggies

Three little piggies had she

And the old sow always went “oink, oink, oink”

While the piggies went “whee, whee, whee.”

Now one day one of these three little piggies

Said to his brothers, said he,

“Why don’t we always go ‘oink, oink, oink’

It’s so childish to go, ‘whee, whee, whee’”

Now these three piggies grew skinny and lean,

And skinny they well might be

For they always tried to go, “oink, oink, oink,”

When they should have gone “whee, whee, whee.”

And these three piggies they up and died,

A very sad sight to see,

So don’t ever try to go., “oink, oink, oink,”

When you ought to go “whee, whee, whee.”

67. Oh You Can’t Get to Heaven

Oh you can’t get to heaven (repeat)

On roller skates (repeat)

“Cause roller skates (repeat)

Roll by the gates (repeat)

CHORUS:

Oh you can’t get to heaven in roller skates

‘Cause roller skates roll by the gates

I ain’t gonna study war no more.

Students make up new words for the underlined lines

68. Sing A Long Song

Sing a long song, come sing along

Sing a long song with me

It’ll make you smile if you sing for a while

Just sing a long song with me

Students make up new verses to the same tune of this chorus.

69. Who Built the Ark?

CHORUS:

Who built the ark?

Noah, Noah

Who built the ark?

Noah did

Who built the ark?

Noah, Noah

Who built the ark?

Noah did.

Here come the animals, two by two (#x)

If were there I’d go along too.

Substitute different animals for each verse

70. Rise and Shine

The Lord said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody, floody (2x)

Get your children (clap) out of the muddy, muddy

Children of the Lord

CHORUS:

Rise and shine and give God your glory, glory (2x)

Rise and shine and (clap) give God your glory, glory

Children of the Lord.

The Lord said to Noah, you’d better build and arky, arky

Build it out of hickory barky, barky

The animals came on board, they came on my twosies, twosies

Elephants and kangaroosies - oosies

It rained and rained for forty nights and daysies, daysies

Almost drove those animals crazy, crazy

Noah he looked up and saw a dovey, dovey

Saw it up in heaven abovey -bovey

The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy

Everything was fine and dandy, dandy

The animals came off, came off by threesies, threesies

They’d heard about those birds and beesies, beesies

This is the end of my story, story

Everything is hunky- dory -dory

71. LET THERE BE PEACE

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me

Let there be peace on earth the peace that was meant to be

With God, our creator, we’re one family

Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony

Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now

With every step I take, let this be my solemn vow

To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me

72. Drunken Sailor

CHORUS:

What shall we do with a drunken sailor? (3x)

Early in the morning.

Hooray and up she rises (3x)

Early in the morning.

Put him in the long boat ‘til he’s sober (3x) Early...

Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale her

Shave his belly with a rusty razor

(Students make up their own)

73. I’ve Got Sixpence

I’ve got sixpence

Jolly, jolly sixpence

I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life

I’ve got tuppence to spend and tuppence to lend

And tuppence to send home to my wife - poor wife

No cares have I to grieve me,

No pretty little maiden to deceive me

I’m as happy as a lark, believe me

As we go rolling, rolling home.

Rolling home, rolling home

By the light of the silvery moon

Happy is the day, when we line up for our pay*

As we go rolling rolling home.

*When the teachers go away

74. With a Little Help From my Friends

What would you do if I sang out of tune?

Would you stand up and walk out on me?

Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song

And I’ll try not to sing out of key.

CHORUS:

Oh I get by with a little help from my friends

Oh I get high with a little help from my friends

Oh I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends.

What do I do when my love is away?

Does it worry you to be alone?

How do I feel by the end of the day

Are you sad because you’re on your own?

No, I get by....

(bridge) Do you need anybody?

I need somebody to love

Could it be anybody?

I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?

Yes, I’m certain that it happens all the time

What do you see when you turn out the light?

I can’t tell you but I know it’s mine.

75. I am a Fine Musician

I am a fine musician, from London I have come,

And I can play sweet music upon my little drum.

Trrr - um pum pum (4x)

Skipping and playing, singing and swaying

Trr - um pum pum (4x)

I am a fine musician, I come from old Berlin,

And I can play sweet music upon my violin

Fiddle - dee dee dee (4x)

Skipping and playing, singing and swaying

Fiddle - dee dee dee (4x)

In Paris I was born - my big French horn

Baw baw baw baw

The best you’ve ever met - upon my clarinet

Doodle doo doo doo

I’ve traveled very far - upon my fine guitar

Punky plunk plunk plunk

Just listen to me toot - upon my silver flute

(whistle the tune)

76. Go Down Moses

When Israel was in Egypt’s land - Let my people go!

Oppressed so hard they could not stand - Let my people go!

Chorus:

Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land

Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go!

Thus saith the Lord bold Moses said - Let...

If not I’ll kill your firstborn dead - Let...

We need not always weep and mourn

And wear these slavery chains forlorn

Your foes shall not forever stand

You shall possess your own good land

Oh let us all from bondage flee

And soon may all the earth be free

77. Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow

CHORUS:

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow(2x)

Can you or I or anyone know

How oats, peas, beans and barley grow?

First the farmer sows his seeds

Stands erect and takes his ease

He stamps his foot and claps his hands

And turns around to view his lands.

Next the farmer waters the seed

Stands erect and takes his ease

He stamps his foot....

Next the farmer mows the weeds

Last the farmer harvests his seed

78. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Oh where oh where has my little dog gone?

Oh where oh where can he be?

With his ears cut short and his tail cut long?

Oh where oh where can he be?

79. How Much is that Doggie in the Window?

How much is that doggie in the window?

The one with the waggely tail

How much is that doggie in the window?

I do hope that doggie’s for sale.

I must take a trip to California

And leave my poor sweetheart alone

If he has a dog he won’t be lonesome

And the doggie will have a good home

I read in the papers there are robbers

With flashlights that shine in the dark

My love needs a doggie to protect him

And scare them away with one bark

I don’t want a bunny or a kitty

I don’t want a parrot that talks

I don’t want a bowl of little fishies

He can’t take a goldfish for walks

80. Home on the Range

Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam

Where the deer and the antelope play

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word

And the skies are not cloudy all day

CHORUS = first verse

Where the air is so pure and the zephyr’s so free

And the breezes so balmy and light

That I would not exchange my home on the range

For all of the cities so bright

How often at night when the heavens are bright

With the light of the glittering stars

I stand there amazed and I ask as I gaze

Does their glory exceed that of ours?

81. Apple Picker’s Song

Hey , ho, makes you feel so fine

Looking our across the orchard in the bright sunshine

Hey, ho, you feel so free

Standing in the top of an apple tree!

Up in the morning, before the sun

I don’t get home until the day is done

My sack is heavy and my shoulder’s sore

But I’ll be back tomorrow to pick some more

Start at the bottom and you pick ‘em from the ground

And you pick that tree clean all the way around

Then you set your ladder and you climb up high

And you’re looking through the leaves at the clear blue sky

Three legged ladder, wobbly as hell

Reaching for an apple - whoa! I almost fell

Got a 20 pound sack hanging ‘round my neck

And there’s three more apples that I can’t quite get!

They come in green and yellow and red

You eat them in the morning and before you go to bed

You can play catch if you throw them up high

OOPS Squish! Apple Pie!

82. IMAGINE

Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try

No hell below us, above us only sky

Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for and no religions too

Imagine all the people living life in peace

You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us and the whole world will live as one

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger nor folk with empty hands

Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us and the whole world will live as one

83. MTA

Now let me tell you a story about a man named Charlie

On this tragic and fateful day

He put ten cents in his pocket , kissed his wife and his family

Went to ride on the MTA

CHORUS:

But did he ever return?

No he never returned

And his fate is still unlearned

He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of “Boston

He’s the man that never returned

Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station

And he changed for Jamaica Plain

When he got there the conductor told him “One more nickel!”

Charlie couldn’t get off the train

Now all night long Charlie rides through the tunnel

Saying, “What will become of me?”

How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea

Or my cousin in Roxbury?

Charlie’s wife goes down to the Scollay Square Station

Every day at a quarter past two

And through the open window, she hands Charlie a sandwich

As the train comes rumblin’ through

Now you citizens of Boston, don’t you think it is a scandal

That the people have to pay and pay?

Fight the fare increase, vote for Walter O’Brien

And get Charlie off the MTA

84. Sloop John B

We sailed on the Sloop John B., my grandfather and me

‘Round Nassau town we did roam

Drinkin’ all night, got into a fight

Well I feel so break up, I wanna go home

CHORUS:

So hoist up the John B. sails, see how the mainsail sets

Send for the captain ashore, I wanna go home

Oh let me go home, please let me go home

I feel so break up, I wanna go home!

Well the first mate he got drunk, broke up the people’s trunk

Constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone, please leave me alone

I feel so break up, I wanna go home

The cook he go the fits, ate up all of my grits

Then he went and ate up all of my corn

Oh let me go home, please let me go home

This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on

85. Banana Name Song

Anna Banna Bo Banna Banana Fanna fo fanna fee fie fo fanna - Anna

Steven Beven Bo Beven banana fanna fo feven fee fie fo feevan - Steven

86. JET PLANE

All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go

I’m standing here outside the door

I hate to wake you up to say good-bye

But the dawn is breaking it’s early morn

The taxi’s waiting, he’s blowing his horn

Already I’m so lonesome I could die

CHORUS:So kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Hold me like you’ll never let me go

I’m leaving on a jet plane

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go

So many times I’ve let you down

So many times I’ve played around

I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing

Every place I go, I think of you

Every song I sing, I sing for you

When I come back I’ll wear your wedding ring

87. Here’s to Cheshire

Oh there was a little frog who lived in a well

DING DANG DONG GO THE WEDDING BELLS

And a pretty little mouse lived under a mill


CHORUS:

Here’s to Cheshire, here’s to cheese

Here’s to the pears and the apple trees

And here’s to the lovely strawberries


Well Froggy went a-courtin’ and he did ride


Now Miss Mouse you must decide


(Chorus goes in whenever you want)

I’ll have to ask my uncle Rat

And see what he does say to that

Well Uncle Rat says I’m much afraid

If you don’t marry Froggy you’ll die an old maid

Well the knot was tied secure and fast

She’s off her uncle’s hands at last

Well open the candies and spill the Champaign

Never will there be such a feast again

But as they were goin’ at it hot and strong

The good gray cat comes prowlin’ along

She sprang through he window right out of the yard

She didn’t bring any invitation card

Well this is the end of him and her

There wont’s be any tadpoles covered in fur

88. Chester

Chester have you heard about Harry

He just got back from the army

I hear he knows how this darn song goes

Hip hip hooray for the army

89. One Meatball

The little man walked round and round

Until he found an eating place in town

He looked the menu through and through

To see what fifteen cents would do

CHORUS:

He got one meatball

One meatball

That’s all he could afford

Was one meatball

The little man said with a sneeze

Could I get some bread sir, if you please

The waiter shouted down the hall,

“You get no bread with one meatball!”

90. A Sailor Went to Sea

A sailor went to sea sea sea

To see what he could see see see

But all that he could see see see

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea

91. MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK

My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf

So it stood 90 years on the floor

It was taller by half than the old man himself

Though it weighed not a penny weight more

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born

And was always his treasure and pride

But it stopped short, never to go again

And that’s when the old man died.

CHORUS:

90 years without slumbering (tic tic tic toc)

His life seconds numbering (tic toc tic)

But it stopped short..../When the old man died

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro

Many hours had he spent as a boy

And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know

And to share both his grief and his joy

For it struck 24 when he entered at the door

With a blooming and beautiful bride / But it stopped....

Now my grandfather said that of those he could hire

Not a servant so faithful he found

It wasted no time and it had but one desire

At the end of each week to be wound

And it stayed in its place, not a frown upon its face

And its hands never hung by its side / But...

It rang an alarm in the dead of the night

An alarm that for years had been dumb

And we knew that his spirit was pluming its flight

That his hour of departure had come

Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime

As we silently stood by its side....

92. I L-O-V-E LOVE YOU

If you can m-e-e-t, meet me

In the p-a-r-k, park

I will k-i-s-s, kiss you

In the d-a-r-k, dark.

Of all the r-e-s-t, rest

I love you b-e-s-t, best

And I’ll l-o-v-e, love you

All the t-i-m-e, time

93. THE TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

If you go down in the woods today

You’re sure of a big surprise

If you go down in the woods today

You’d better go in disguise

For every bear that ever there was

Will gather there for certain because

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic

Every teddy bear who’s been good

Is sure of a treat today

There’s lots of marvelous things to eat

And wonderful games to play

Beneath the trees where nobody sees

They’ll hide and seek as long as they please

‘Cause that’s the way the teddy bears have their picnic

If you go down to the woods today

You’d better not go alone

It’s lovely down in the woods today

But safer to stay at home

For every bear that ever there was

Will gather there for certain because

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic

(interlude) Picnic time for teddy bears

The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today

Watch them, catch them unawares

And see them picnic on their holiday

See them gaily gad about

They love to play and shout, they never have any care

At six o’clock their Mummies and Daddies will take them home to bed

Because they’re tired little teddy bears (2x)

94. RUBBER BLUBBER WHALE

My Daddy bought me a rubber blubber whale (2x)

How I love my RB RB RB

How I love my RB whale, blubber whale

How I love my RB whale

My sister wanted my RB whale (2x)

Yes I really love her but she cannot have my RB

RB RB whale blubber whale

RB RB whale

So my momma bought another RB whale (2x)

RB RB RB RB

RB RB whale blubber whale

RB RB whale

I went swimming with my RB whale (2x)

Swimming with my...

I took a both with my RB whale

I rub a dubbed with my RB whale

Rub a dubbed my RB RB RB

Rub a dubbed my....

Everybody rub a dub your RB whale

95. 500 Miles

If you miss this train I’m on, then you’ll know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

A hundred miles (4x)

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

Lord I’m 1, Lord I’m 2, Lord I’m 3, Lord I’m 4

Lord I’m 500 miles from my home

Away from home (4x)

Lord I’m ....(repeat 2nd line)

Not a shirt on my back not a penny to my name

Lord I can’t go back home this a -way

This a-way (4x)......

96. Oh Chanukah

Oh Chanukah! Oh Chanukah! Come light the menorah

Let’s have a party, we’ll all dance the hora.

Gather round the table, we’ll give you a treat

A nice new top to play with and donuts to eat.

And while we are playing, the candles are burning low

One for each night, they shed a sweet light

To remind us of days long ago.

One for each night, they shed a sweet light

To remind us of days long ago.

97. My Dreidel

I had a little dreidel

I made it out of clay

And when it’s dry and ready

Then dreidel I will win

CHORUS:

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

I made it out of clay

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

Now dreidel I will play.

I love to spin the dreidel

My top that plays a game

At Chanukah we play it

When candles are aflame

My dreidel has four corners

And a letter on every face

To remind us of the miracle

That long ago took place

The letters also tell us

Just who will lose or win

I have a pile of walnuts

I’m ready - let’s begin!

98. Frogs in the Bed

One morning when Pharaoh awoke in his bed

There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head

Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes

Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere

(locusts)

99. Oh Once there was a Wicked Man

Oh once there was a wicked wicked man

And Haman was his name, sir

He would have murdered all the Jews

But they were not to blame, sir

CHORUS:

Oh today we’ll merry merry be (3x)

And eat some hamantashen

And Esther was the lovely queen

Of King Ahaseurus

And Haman, he was very mean

Oh boy how he did scare us

And Mordeccai, her uncle dear

Said he’s not such a smarty

Aha said he, we’ll spoil his plan

With a big old hanging party

100 DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW?

Do your ears hang low?

Do they wobble to and fro?

Can you tie them in a knot?

Can you tie them in a bow?

Can you fling them over your shoulder

Like a Continental soldier?

Do your ears hang low?

101. TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the crowd

Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks

I don’t care if I never get back

‘Cause it’s root, root, root for the home team

If they don’t win it’s a shame

For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out

At the old ball game!

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